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ntenaive search would be a deterrent even if captures
ere effected#
5. Only one dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. was sighted during the torenoon
of 23rd April and it proved quite innocent on being searched#
3HARJAH.
6# We anchored at SHARJAH at 1300 on 2 3 rd April and the
Shaikh came off at once accompanied by ^ e ® i i® nc ^. A ? ea #
A salute of 5 guns was fired when the Shaikh left ana i.
returned his call at 1700#
7. During the night four men came off to the ship ®nd
claimed to he fugitive slaves. After Investigation I seat
them back to the shore.
SHADJAli TO DUBAI .
8. M DEPTFORD" left Sharjah at 0430 on 24th AaMln*
during the day steamed up the coast as far as w _
returning to Dubai at 1710 the same evening. i-lve dhows were
searched but nothing of importance was discovered. ; he
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent came off to see me on arrival and reported that
the ahaikh was inland.
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DUBAI TO KHOR KU'.VAl.,
9. »e left Dubai at 0600 next morning and searched
five dhows during the day arriving at Khor Kuwai at 1700#
KHQR KUWAI TO DIBAS#
10. We sailed from Khor Kuwai at 0700 on 26th April
and carried out a search for dhows in the Hormuz Strait during
the forenoon# Ten dhows were sighted and searched and they
were generally bigger and more interesting than the coastal
dhows we had been searching on the two previous days. 0ne
had 45 Persian emigrants on board on their way to Jub t .
had been some weeks at sea and were short of water. nother
large dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , a Kuwaitian one, was most impressive. When they
proceeded after having been searched the crew o^ 30 maue sail
to a series of sea shanties and the way they jumped around
would have done credit to a man-of-war#
11# When all the dhows in sight had been searched we
turned down the Eastern aide of the fcusandam peninsular to
link up our sweep with the ”3IDKi ? 0RD ,f who was remaining at
Dibah. At 1600 we received orders to proceed to Uharjah and
take the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent to Dibah#
12# At 14 knots we reached 3harjah just befofe midnight.
We had asked Sharjah to burn their Air Navigation light for
us and it proved most useful as we were able to anchor on a
range and bearing from it. The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent wae embarked
and we sailed at once for Dibah arriving there at 1100 next
morning.
DIBAH TO KHOR KUWAI .
13. Aa eoon ae the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent had been transferred
to the "BIDEFORD" we sailed and carried out a sweep to tne
/Eastward